I have no idea what a Touhou is and the story of this game is really dumb and I was not interested in it at all, but that being said I was pleasantly surprised by this game. I mean I kinda gave up at the final boss because I didn't really care enough to bother with the second phase but honestly I really enjoyed what I did play of it. The level design is well done and the game is challenging. The mostly great boss fights definitely contribute to that. The game can be a little castlevania NES as in dying to something that kinda couldn't have been avoided and having to go back to a checkpoint and redo a large chunk of stuff you've already done, but that's only near the end of the game. Overall though, I would recommend.